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Shocked to see it is a lot of grade 1 strains only one grade 3 tear and another grade 2 in his rookie year. Hopefully the Bills training staff has a good plan for him.

6 foot 4 and 267 lbs is still solid off the edge not a smaller guy even at that weight.

What I like about the Bosa and Hoecht signings is that they are very physical edge players. Bosa is 6 foot 5 and 280 pounds and Hoecht is 6 foot 4 and 311 pounds and both guys play with a mean streak. Groot is a good edge setter but now the Bills have multiple guys they can put aside him. Gotta get bigger and nastier up the middle of the defensive line.

I still think the Bills are going to sign a vet corner and add depth at safety while also drafting two D-line early. Would also like to see the Bills sign a 1-Tech DT but coming together more clearly.

If you get 7-9 games of Bosa playing at an elite level that's about half a seasons worth of elite play that allows the rookies on the defensive line plus Solomon to feel less pressure to contribute right out the gate.

I don't hate it, Bosa's only going to be 30 and this was a released player so not going to count against comp picks which I suddenly care about now that the Bills actually get them. Bosa is often hurt but this deal is also not that massive relatively speaking. Bosa is very good when he plays no doubt about it. I think the Bills hope that maybe a rotational role which might keep him healthier. My thinking is could the Bills view this as if we can get 8-9 very good to great games out of him is that worth it? Would that half a season of production allow rookies draft the chance to ease in? If you get Bosa playing at a very high level for 7-9 games as a true front line pass rusher it allows the rookies behind him to grow for a playoff push? I like it kind of...

Given where the Bills are I would like to see the Bills trade away a pick in rounds 4-5 to obtain a pick in 2026, always a good idea to with a very competitive roster for rookies to make to add a pick or two in future drafts. I loved the Bills trading away a 5th last year to get a 4th from the Bears this year.

Thus far I am a bit meh, the extensions have all be very good to solid. The external free agency has been underwhelming. The Bills resigned some of their role players (Ty and Gilliam plus their exclusive rights guys and then added Palmer and Hoecht who while not underwhelming players aren't huge needle movers at least on paper (which is all this is right now). The initial big splurge wave is done and now the "middle" portion of free agency settles in. Still some top talent out there and a lot of impactful upper middle to middle market guys out on the market so the Bills can still make good moves that will impact their roster. They just haven't made those moves yet. Personally I would like to see the Bills add a 1-Tech DT and get a starter at corner and add depth at safety. Those moves will open up the Bills draft board a good amoung and address depth.

Rumors were the Bills were in on Samuel Jr, not sure I see the fit there. Seems like there are good secondary player left in the free agency crop.

Is the release official? If Von wanted to rework his deal could he at this point?

Funny enough I think Faulk was praised as a good blocker.

Hard to know that you should ask for more work if this is your first office job so to speak. A lot of strong personalities in an NFL locker room a lot of rookies don't want to rock the boat so to speak. Imagine your first job is playing in the NFL? College and High School you played football but you are now on a whole different level. That's in addition to managing the off-field stuff that comes with money and just life in general. Keon's got a good attitude and he's always been reported to be a hard worker. Hopefully in addition to Keon understanding the flow of an NFL season better and feeling more comfortable in the offense I also hope that the coaches make an effort to communicate to him in a way that he responds to. While players have to adjust their styles there is also I think an underrated aspect to coaches having to feel out players in their rookie seasons and make some sort of adjustment to get the most out of the player.

This team also has a focus on running the ball and while the Bills don't use a fullback that often in the ground game Gilliam was still on the field for 12.5% of the teams offensive snaps. Indicating that it is still a niche within the offense. Then you add the core ST value and the locker room stuff and it all just makes too much sense to bring him back esp at age 28.

Core ST player who also fills the FB niche well. Also still fairly young at age 28 and likely came back on the cheap. Just makes too much sense to not have him back, Bills can take a late round flyer on a FB for competition if they want but I think they are set here.

Solid number, figured it would be 3 million to sign him, guess his market wasn't there.

Ty reminds me of a quicker less powerful Kevin Faulk. Dude just catches everything and makes a few critical plays. He's going to be 28 makes sense the Bills would want him back. Bills line up a critical role player. Very solid piece of business.

I think he's still making his way through the rookie WR class. I would expect McConky, Nabers, and BTJ don't have videos just yet. I would also imagine Pearsall will also see a video. If I had to guess Keon will be in the middle of the pack in terms of these grades when all is said and done.

The few times I have watched the Palmer he's looked like a solid player. His production hasn't been bad through 4 years but it is not been spectacular either. Still very young at age 26 this upcoming season and while a bit of an overpay (hey that's free agency) he does fit the type of player the Bills need at WR (a true WR that operates on the boundary). So hopefully he blossoms with Josh.

Steve Smith Rookie WR grades for Reference. EDIT: Apparently I didn't do a good job of looking and he had more grades (Pearsall, BTJ, and Burton who is the only 3rd round pick thus far). The last one he did was 4 days ago (Harrision Jr) Keon - C+ AD Mitchell - C Ja'Lynn Polk- C Worthy- B Legette- C Harrison Jr- B Odunze- C- Pearsall- N/A (Didn't play enough) BTJ- B+ Jermaine Burton- D+ If he's doing rookie WR's for the first 3 rounds he still has to grade Nabers, McConkey, Jalen McMillian, Rome Wilson (didn't play not sure if that's gonna warrant a breakdown), and Malachi Corley (who also didn't play much).

I wonder how that compares to other rookies?

Frustration can make someone seem lazy or unmotivated. I classify this as a young man trying to learn how to be a pro in this game.

They have great offensive line coaches, they probably think they can fix him

Certainly good options in the secondary, WR woof, D-Line not much either but certainly good role players

Palmer would be a replacement for Cooper, Mack at 4+ with the potential to be 5+ is paying him more than the Bills can afford for a role player. Not sure if they view Palmer as a role player thus the reason they shelled out more.

Kupp can play on the outside it's just not where he's most effective. The question with Kupp in my mind is age and injuries. Kupp has missed 19 games the past 3 seasons and seems consistently banged up when he does play. Then you have the question of WR's always seeming to age out around age 32/33. Usually WR's have their last very good to great seasons at age 32 or 33 so Kupp's right up against that. If Kupp was added to the WR core on a modest contract I wouldn't hate it but it just doesn't seem like the move this rather prudent front office would do anyway.